4 days ago · Wind and rain that started late Thursday and early Friday around Humboldt County is yet another atmospheric river hitting the North Coast. And it will stick around for several days. “The lower elevation locations here, like around Humboldt Bay, have received about a …

6 days ago · The Humboldt County Supervisors hashed out a structural change in the way the county functions at the top at a Tuesday meeting. The question was: would it be better to have county department heads report to the County Administrative Officer? Or, should they keep it how it is, where they report directly to the Board of Supervisors as a group?

4 days ago · Horse racing at the Humboldt County Fair is facing an uncertain future after this week’s news that the California Authority of Racing Fairs, or CARF, is not pursuing race day applications for this summer. The news has massive ramifications on the fair, with CARF managing horse racing and without ...

3 days ago · Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of violence. Combining pedestrian deaths, murder investigations and fatal police shootings, Humboldt County saw a total of seven reported homicides in 2024 — a significant drop from the year before. In contrast, in 2023, the Humboldt News counted ...

3 days ago · 2025 could be the year that Humboldt County sees a new green burial cemetery begin operations. Sacred Groves, a non-profit organization working to establish a conservation burial site in the county, has been inching closer to opening for the past two years, according to its founder.It plans to offer green burial services intended …

3 days ago · When: First and third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m., special meeting at 5:45 p.m. Where: City Hall Council Chamber: 736 F St., Arcata • During the special meeting at 5:45 p.m., the council will consider property negotiations with Vero Broadband and discuss a lawsuit against the city ...

3 days ago · A little more than three years after his death, Trevor Earley has been memorialized with the naming of a bridge in Southern Humboldt County. The Alderpoint bridge across the Eel River is now the Trevor John Earley Memorial Bridge, with new signage installed at a small ceremony on Thursday.

6 days ago · This week, Cal Poly Humboldt issued a statement addressing a now-rescinded federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo. The memo, which called for a nationwide pause on “all federal grants, aid and other forms of assistance, pending a review by the federal agencies,” sent federally funded organizations and programs scrambling to interpret and implement its vague direction.

6 days ago · The following is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On Jan. 27 at about 5 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the Carlotta area observed a blue Ford Mustang traveling eastbound on Hwy 36 at a high rate of speed.

5 days ago · After an altercation at the Arcata Plaza Farmers Market on Saturday, Jan. 18, a grassroots organization has accused an Arcata City Councilmember and the Arcata Chamber of Commerce with orchestrating a “behind the scenes insider campaign … to unreasonably curtail and intimidate (the organization’s) public outreach efforts.” Market organizers say that claim is false, harmful and “such ...